>>>Yeppers. I thought I could help him out by participating. I pride myself in
>>>being able to write high performance code. Took one look at the "challenge",
>>>turned around and took the off-ramp from the Off-Ramp.< bg >
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>>What about the string-only version of the challenge? Think you can improve on Nancy's and my code?
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>Oh, give me a loaded question, why don't you? Knowing both of you, I doubt it, but I'll download the stuff and see what I can do. Of course, since I'll be on vacation all next week, it'll be at least two weeks until I can really "sink my teeth into it", and given that I'm called "Senile Man" by my wife, I might forget.:-)

Well you wife just gave you a great excuse when you accidentally leave her behind in a rest stop in Kentucky. :) Belieive it or not I know a man personally who did that to his wife. Accidentally of course. He told me he was just so engrossed with getting his directions down and worrying about getting to his destination, that he left his wife in a reststop. But he said it only took him 10 miles to come out of it and find a place to turn around and get her. He has not lived it fown since. But since you have already been labeled 'Senile'.....